NanoMarkets
today announced the release of its latest report on industrial silver
markets titled "The Silver Inks and Pastes Market 2013-2020."

Glen
Allen, Virginia - January 9, 2013 -- Industry analyst firm
NanoMarkets
today announced the release of its latest report on industrial silver
markets titled "The Silver Inks and Pastes Market 2013-2020."
The report quantifies the opportunities for printed silver in
electronics applications over the next eight years. While the
industry will continue to drag from declining demand from the solar
industry, NanoMarkets still sees opportunities for silver inks and
pastes manufacturers both in traditional thick film markets as well
as emerging display, lighting and electronics markets.

This
report analyzes the opportunities for silver inks and pastes in all
the relevant, major markets for printed silver circuitry, including
PV, displays, lighting, RFIDs, sensors, and the traditional thick
film applications. The report also discusses the product development
and marketing strategies of some of the leading suppliers of silver
inks and pastes, including DIC/Sun Chemical, DuPont, Ferro, Harima
Chemical, Henkel, Heraeus, Ink-Tec, Methode, and others. Finally, the
report includes a detailed eight-year forecasts for the materials in
both volume and value terms and broken out by application, by
ink/paste type (high-firing vs. low-temperature curing products), by
ink/past composition (nanosilver vs. conventional silver), and by
printing method (screen-printing, ink-jet, and other methods).

From
the Report:

Conventional
photovoltaics (PV) are extremely cost-sensitive and expensive silver
circuitry is increasingly being replaced with cheaper alternatives,
especially in backside PV metallization. NanoMarkets projects that
silver inks and pastes in the PV sector will decline from a value of
$4.9 billion in 2013 to about $3.4 billion in 2020. Amid the gloom,
however, there is some good news:

Silver's
superior conductivity and compatibility with low-temperature
processing means that it is hard to replace in many applications,
including traditional applications for printed silver in the thick
film electronics market. Traditional thick-film applications for
printed silver will use $2.4 billion worth of silver inks and pastes
in 2013, and this sector will grow to a value of about $3.4 billion
by 2020.

In
addition, the ongoing megatrend toward miniaturization of electronic
circuitry means that manufacturers will be looking for higher
value-added inks that target specific, new niches. This trend will
lead to increasing opportunities for higher resolution printing inks
designed for deposition by ink-jet, flexographic, gravure, and other
printing methods. While the market in 2013 for silver inks is
expected to a modest $260 million, the value could grow to well over
$1 billion by the end of the decade.

Finally,
several new sectors may turn out to be big users of printed silver
circuitry. Possibilities are flexible displays - perhaps still three
to five years away - but also OLED lighting, which could turn into a
big user of silver if the technology takes off as expected, and the
sensors market, which is growing as part of the ubiquitous
electronics trend that seeks to create a world of pervasive computing
and an "Internet-of-Things."

About
NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets
tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy,
solid-state lighting, electronics and other markets created by
developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader
in industry analysis and forecasts for the silver inks and pastes
business and has been covering this market for more than six years.